Recycling Trailer
Drop off your aluminum cans in our trailer at Bomgaars. These donated cans are turned in to Ace or Pacific Recyling in Rapid City and the funds help support KHSB programs. Please place cans in plastic bag and tie shut. No cardboard. Keep Hot Springs Beautiful is currently in need of volunteer drivers to take the trailer to Rapid City every month and empty its contents. If you are interested in helping, please reach out.
Super Recycling Events
A great way to get rid of old metal, appliances and other items that can be recycled and reused instead of ending up in local landfills.
SR Events are on pause for 2024 due to lack of participation. If you wish to see this program return in 2025, please let us know.
City Recycling
In addition to our other recycling efforts, Keep Hot Springs Beautiful is thrilled that the City of Hot Springs now offers curbside recycling. KHSB encourages residents within city limits to sign up for recycling at City Hall. Regular garbage pickup is $13.10 per month and it’s just an additional $4.55 for a second recycling bin. Participants are provided with a 96-gallon recycling bin that is emptied once a month (the last Wednesday of the month).
Items that can be placed in your City of Hot Springs bin include:
Aluminum: Beverage Cans, Food Cans, Aluminum Bottles, Hairspray Cans, Shaving Cream Cans (No tin foil)
Steel: Vegetable Cans, Soup & Food Cans, Coffee Cans, Empty Paint Cans, Empty Aerosol Cans
Glass: Food/Beverage Bottles, Jars (please remove labels)
Plastics: (Items with Recycle Triangles #1,2,5 or 7). Milk Jugs, Detergent Jugs, Soda Bottles, Hair Care Bottles, Food Containers, Drained Oil Containers
No Styrofoam or Cardboard. Pleas rinse all items before placing them in the can.
Stop by City Hall for more information or call 605-745-3135 to sign up.
Local Resources
Keep it out of the landfill by utilizing one of these alternative options.
Empty plastic pesticide containers: Fall River County Weed and Pest will accept empty rigid plastic pesticide and surfactant containers of any size as long as the containers have been triple-rinsed or pressure rinsed immediately after emptying them. Caps and labels should be removed. Contact them at 605-745-5047 for more information.
Packing Peanuts: The Mammoth Site used them for shipping replicas. Give them a call at 605-745-6017 to arrange pickup.
Plastic Bags: Can be recycled at the front entrance of Walmart Supercenters or Target in Rapid City.
Rechargeable Batteries: These and others can be recycled at Interstate Batteries in Rapid City.
Books, CDS, DVDs, Games, Puzzles: Can be donated to the Friends of the Library Book Barn in Hot Springs. Donations can be dropped off at the HS Public Library
Furniture, Working Appliances and more: Can be donated to Tipi Raisers, an organization that works on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Metal, Old Computers, Appliances and more: Can be taken to Rapid City and donated to either Pacific Steel & Recycling or at Ace Steel & Recycling.
Plastic Storage Cases from CDS, DVDS and VHS: Alternative Community Training (ACT) in Missouri (who employs disabled adults) charges a competitive fee for recycling of these media materials. Go to actservices.org for more information.
Housewares, Furniture, Bedding and more: Can be donated to the United Church’s Basic Needs Boutique.
Bedding, Sheets, Linens: Can be donated to Battle Mountain Humane Society to be used for animal bedding.
Excess Produce or Processed Meat from Hunting: Can be donated to the Hot Springs Ministerial Association Food Pantry
Clothing, Household Items, Furniture and more: Can be donated to one of the many nonprofit-run thrift stores in Rapid City such as The Club for Boys, Cornerstone Mission, Goodwill, and the Salvation Army